10 Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables

10 Easy Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables We know that eating fresh produce is essential to good health.  Fruits and vegetables are packed with vitamins, which help protect the body from disease, boost the immune system and fight harmful bacteria. Children need to eat every three to four hours: three meals, …

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85 Ways to Eat More Fermented Foods

85 Ways to Eat More Fermented Foods As Katja, over at savorylotus.com, always says – good health starts in the gut! Almost 80% of your immune system stems from the gut and eating fermented foods is the easiest way to improve the state of your gut! Fermented foods also introduce helpful probiotics to our guts. …

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15 DIY Painted Wooden Crate Projects

15 DIY Painted Wooden Crate Projects All kinds of furniture can be made out of wood crates. The most popular are kitchen shelves, bookcases, stools and even beds. People tend to choose those vintage wine crates, although they are not that easy to get. After getting crates, either they’re old or new, it is up …

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How to Grow Your Own Luffa Sponges

How to Grow Your Own Luffa Sponges The luffa plant is a cucurbit, a group of plants including gourds, pumpkins, and cucumbers. Start your seeds indoors around March. Water the plant during periods of drought, then be patient. They’ll grow prolifically during the long, hot, summer days and slow during cool periods. Their bright yellow …

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Recycling the Old and Dry into Liquid Gold

Recycling the Old and Dry into Liquid Gold So I’m organizing my desk (husbands too) and find a stash of old markers that do not work. I read an article a while back on recycling marker pens and saved it to my bookmarks! For years and years we have been tossing these aside BUT now …

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